Hand-shield



H. L. EISSLER.

H A N D S H l E L D.

APPLICAT IAN-[8.1919- 1,314,053. PatentedAug. 26,1919.

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HOWARD L. EISSLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAND-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed January 18, 1919. Serial No. 2711773.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD L. EISSLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand shields, sometimes called hand leathers,which are adapted to be worn on the front of the hand by persons in thehandling of rough edged materials such as metal sheets, rods and bars.At present the form of such hand shields most commonly used comprises afiat, substantially rectangular, piece of leather having a slot near oneend through which the hand of the user is passed, and the portion to therear of the slot forming an integrally connected wrist strap formaintaining the shield in proper relationship to the hand for constantuse.

Where such hand shields are used in and around operating machinery, aconstant source of danger to the user exists in that, if the hand shieldbecomes caught in the rolls, gears or other dangerous parts of themachine, and the user is unable to quickly disengage his hand from theshield, he is very likely to become seriously injured and maimed. Theobject therefore of mypresent invention is to provide an improved formof hand shield, preferably made of leather or other similar material,which is provided with means for attaching the same to the hand of theuser, which means are so constructed and arranged as to cause the sameto become automatically separated and detached from the users hand whensubjected to more than normal strain or pull such as naturally occurswhen the shield or leather becomes caught in the machinery, and the userinstinctively pulls away therefrom.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morereadily understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View, 1llustrating a hand shield embodying themain features of my invention, the same being shown in operativeposition with relation to the hand of the user;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. certain parts being shown insection.

Referring to the drawings, in the particular embodiment of my inventionthere shown, the hand shield proper comprises a flap of leather orsimilar material 5, preferably of rectangular outline and of a sizeslightly larger than a persons hand, and which may, if desired, becorrugated so as to increase its heat resisting qualities when the sameis to be used in connection with heated materials. Near one end of therectangular flap 5, a wrist strap 6 is detachably secured, this strap 6being adapted to pass over the back of the wrist of the user to hold theotherwise loose flap 5 in proper position with respect to the hand ofthe user. The wrist strap 6 is connected at each end to the respectiverear corners of the flap 5 by means of snap fasteners 7, which may be ofany preferred type, but must be of such construction and arrangementthat the strap 6 will be maintained connected to flap 5 under normalconditions, but which will permit one end or the other of strap 6 tobecome automatically detached from the flap .5 whenever undue straincomes thereon.

The snap fasteners commonly used as glove fasteners are well adapted forthe present purpose and as the construction of such devices is wellknown it is not necessary to illustrate and describe the same in detail.The wrist strap 6 is also preferably made in two parts, 8 and 9connected to each other by means of a buckle 10, of any ordinary type,this arrangement being provided so that the strap 6 may be varied in lenth to 'adjust the same to various sizes.

it will thus be seen that there is provided an improved form of handshield which may be safely employed in and around rolling mills andother places where dangerous machinery is located, and which hand shieldis so constructed that should the flap portion of the same become caughtin the rolls, gears, or other operating parts of the machines, and theperson to whose hand the same is attached instinctively pull away, thewrist strap will become detached at one or both ends and thus enable theuser to free himself from an otherwise dangerous predicament.Furthermore, by having the wrist strap 6 variable as to its length the Vflexible material adapted to be mounted on' same may be adjusted to suitusers hands of different sizes.

Having thus described the nature and characteristic features of myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A hand shield comprising a flap of flexible material adapted to bemounted on the front of the hand of the user and a wrist strap adaptedto pass over the b ack of the hand, each end of said Wrist strap beingconnected to said flap by means of a separable snap fastener whereby oneor bothends of said strap will automatically become detached when morethan normal strain comes thereon. V v

2. A hand shield comprising a flap of the front of the hand of the userand a. wrist strap adapted to pass over the back of the hand, each endof said wrist strap, being connected to said flap by means of aseparable snap fastener whereby one or both ends of said strap willautomatically become detached when more than normal strain comesthereon, said strap being so constructed and arranged as to be varied inlength.

'3. A hand shield comprising a flap of flexible material adapted to bemounted on the front of the hand of the user and ,a-w-rist strap adaptedto pass over the back of the hand, each end of said wrist strap beingconnected to said flap by means of .a separable snap fastener wherebyone, or both endsof said strap, will automatically become detached whenmore than normal strain comes thereon, said strap being made in twoparts connected by a buckle to enable said strap to be varied: in lenth.

"In testimony whereoi I have hereunto signed my name. V

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